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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2016)[edit]

King Mswati III, the monarch of Swaziland, one of the Monarchies in Africa.
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Depictions of various deities on the entrance tower of Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of rain; Mariamman.
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This week's article for improvement (week 4, 2016)[edit]

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Orphaned non-free image File:Sibu Municipal Council Official logo.png[edit]

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Dew computing[edit]

Ywangupeica cites the his own articles with undue weight. Also, he puts link to his website with an announces that they will promote this on Wikipedia. I hardly believe that is good faith.-Mys_721tx (talk) 23:49, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, you are right this time. He has some conflict of interests with the username. Cerevisae (talk) 23:58, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You are all right in these points. But I did this in good faith. I think I passed the trust test: "[W]ould relevant others ... [readers, editors, admins, arbitration committee, Wikimedia Foundation] ... trust my judgment if they knew I was in this situation?" If people knew I am one of the authors of these research papers, they will still trust me in this article because what I wrote was true. I think the current version is really biased if you read it. If you believe my user name has COI, it is also a sign that I did not intent to do anything bias. I know that it may be not appropriate for me to write the article again. Could you please summarize the information and write the article? This is an important research area. Thank you very much. Ywangupeica (talk) 01:10, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ywangupeica, I think your last addition was acceptable but Mys721tx reverted it. You can try to find the person who created the article for some cooperation in improving the article. Or you may go to WP:WikiProject Computing and post on their talk page to ask for help. Thanks. Cerevisae (talk) 02:40, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

After I posted my opinion about the editor's reverting, few hours after, this editor nominated deletion of this article without point out the reasons. This is not a fair and rational action. This reaction to my post is full of personal power over me. Please check this situation. Ywangupeica (talk) 22:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ywangupeica, he mentioned the reasons here in this page. WP:Articles_for_deletion/Dew_computing The main problem is the reliability of your journals publisher. I may help to defend your article if possible. Cerevisae (talk) 23:21, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Ywangupeica, it seems that your publisher "Research Online Publishing" was listed as Predatory open access publishing on this website (number 351) in 2014 but was removed from the Predatory publishing list in August 2015. The current list does not contain your publisher RonPub. You may use this argument in your favour.


You can find it in the comment page.

Anthony says:	 August 11, 2015 at 4:50 PM	 
Respected Sir, you are doing a very great job! Thank you for your work aimed at checkmating predatory publishers. You listed Research Online Publishing (RonPub). But one of its journals — http://www.ronpub.com/index.php/journals/ojwt/publication-fees — Open Journal of Web Technologies (OJWT) — DOES NOT charge     publication fees for authors from low-income countries and I quote “All articles of OJWT are fully open access and online available to readers FREE OF CHARGE”. Most of their claims look simple and not exaggerated. Would such a seemingly genuine journal be classified as predatory? why? Note: I’m referring only to the Open Journal of Web Technologies and not its publisher Research Online Publishing (RonPub). Thank you so much for your time. 

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   Jeffrey Beall says:	    August 11, 2015 at 4:55 PM	 
   Neither this publisher nor the journal you mention is on my list at this time. I did have RonPub on my list for a time, but I removed it from the list over a year ago.    Reply        Anthony says:	        August 12, 2015 at 1:00 AM	 
       I see. It seems the list on this PRESENT page is it updated? Thank you for quick response! 

Thank you very much for checking the information for me. I also checked the web before I started to work with RonPub. This information is very important.

This editor not only reverted and deleted Dew computing article, but also deleted another article I wrote: Cloud-dew architecture. He also deleted the Chinese translations of these two articles. Basically, he wiped out all my work. I don't know why. This editor speaks Chinese, and I also worked in China for 15 years before I came to Canada. I want to ask him to follow the recusation principle, and change another editor to work on this article. I am not sure if I should talk to you about this. If I am wrong, could you tell me whom I should talk to? Thanks. Ywangupeica (talk) 00:23, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I have no idea which editor you can talk to on Wikipedia apart from Wikiproject computing members. Cerevisae (talk) 01:16, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 5, 2016)[edit]

The slaughtered swine (1652) by Barent Fabricius, a depiction of a killed animal
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Invitation to the Google Doodle task force[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 6, 2016)[edit]

Delivery trucks in San Salvador, El Salvador
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This week's article for improvement (week 7, 2016)[edit]

An iceberg, which is relatively cold.
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This week's article for improvement (week 8, 2016)[edit]

Several of the commonly known molecules.
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Redrawing request[edit]

Hi, just saw your redrawing skills on the Sibu Municipal Council. It looks great! Can you help me redrawing the Sandakan Municipal Council logo? The example can be took from here (PDF) and if you can't see the exact shape of the ship in the logo, you can take it from here. Thank you. Molecule Extraction (talk) 01:16, 25 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Molecule Extraction, I am going to vectorise the Sandakan Municipal Council logo when I am free. Cerevisae (talk) 00:03, 27 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It's okay, no hurries, you can vectorise it whenever you want. Thank you. Molecule Extraction (talk) 04:21, 28 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Cerevisae: Thank you! Molecule Extraction (talk) 15:14, 11 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. :-) Cerevisae (talk) 10:18, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 9, 2016)[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Bintulu[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 10, 2016)[edit]

Eugene Delacroix - Liberty Leading the People
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A typical Swedish school lunch.
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Your GA nomination of Bintulu[edit]

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Your GA nomination of Sarawak[edit]

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Bintulu[edit]

Thank you for your help! :-) Cerevisae (talk) 05:22, 20 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 12, 2016)[edit]

Critic by Lajos Tihanyi. Oil on canvas, c.1916.
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Sarawak[edit]

Hello, Cerevisae -- Out of curiosity I looked at the GA nomination for Sarawak. Then I looked at the article. Just skimming the article (reading quickly), I found several things that needed fixing, so I made a few copy-edits. I'm wondering if you submitted this article to GOCE to request a copy-edit. To do a thorough job, I would have to spend more time on it. You can still request a copy-edit at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests.  – Corinne (talk) 01:42, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Corinne, thanks for your suggestion. However, this article is in the middle of a GA review by Sainsf. I am not sure whether the nominator is allowed to submit the article for GOCE without asking the permission from the GA reviewer. Cerevisae (talk) 07:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
No problem Cerevisae. Mahavira, an article I am reviewing, is requesting a copyedit from the GOCE. We will wait till Corinne completes her work, and then resume the review. @Corinne: Thanks for helping with the article, I too am a member of the GOCE. I have already done a lot of cleanup in the sections before "Government and politics", so you may wish to focus on the rest of the article at the moment. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:43, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Sainsf and Corinne. I have made a request at GOCE. Sorry for the bad grammar and prose compositions. Cerevisae (talk) 09:11, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Well done. And please do not be sorry. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:14, 22 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Sarawak 2[edit]

Cerevisae, I had to override your last edit to Sarawak. I was in the middle of copy-editing the article and had made a lot of small edits that would be difficult and tedious to re-do. I had posted a tag at the beginning of the article saying that a GOCE copy-edit of the article was underway and requesting editors refrain from editing until it was completed. I hope you can easily re-do your edit after I have finished the copy-edit, which will be tomorrow. Thanks.  – Corinne (talk) 03:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I will add my edits after you completed your copy-edits. Cerevisae (talk) 10:22, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Corinne, thanks for taking time in completing CE for this article! Cerevisae (talk) 08:35, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 13, 2016)[edit]

The Gates of Hell sculpture by Auguste Rodin, an example depicting the concept of the gates of hell
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A barnstar for you![edit]

The Teamwork Barnstar
Awarded jointly to User:Cerevisae, User:Molecule Extraction and User:Ssbbplayer for their dedicated volunteering and wonderful collaboration to make Johor Bahru a GA in the absence of its nominator. This is something I have never seen before. Congrats! Sainsf <^>Feel at home 09:49, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Sainsf for the barnstar! Cerevisae (talk) 10:41, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Good Article Barnstar
For your marvelous work on Sarawak. If we had a Nominator's Barnstar, I would have been pleased to award you that for your exemplary patience and cooperation during the GA review. Never say die! Sainsf <^>Feel at home 05:02, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is quite an amount of work when I am working on this article. Thank you Sainsf for promoting of this article to GA status and the barnstar! By the way, this article already appeared on Wikipedia main page in the "On this day" section. So, is it still eligible for DYK nomination? :-) Cerevisae (talk) 07:05, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
It should be. GAs less than a week old can be nominated for DYK. :) Sainsf <^>Feel at home 07:12, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your info! Cerevisae (talk) 07:17, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Sarawak[edit]

The article Sarawak you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sarawak for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sainsf -- Sainsf (talk) 05:21, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you![edit]

The Writer's Barnstar
Congrats Cerevisae! You deserve this barnstar as you have sacrificing a lot of time here working to develop many article into GA status. I've just seeing both of you (inc Muffin Wizard contributions) and surprised to see both have sacrificing a lot of time here to improve their country articles. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 10:52, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Molecule Extraction, it is my honour to receive this barnstar from you. Thank you also improving articles related to Malaysia. Cerevisae (talk) 13:18, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 14:25, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, can you help me to find sources from PDF documents or news records for this paragraph on Sabah:

I'm intending to develop this article for GA in the future, but still can't find any good references for this. Molecule Extraction (talk) 08:32, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Molecule Extraction, I am glad that you decided to take the mission to develop the Sabah article into a GA article. It is not an easy feat when you do your research yourself without the help of other people who are familiar with Sabah history. Regrading the above statement, you can try to search its sources from the article History of Sabah and include the points that you think is important. The source for the above statement can be found at The Ecology of Kalimantan (last two paragraphs of page 55 and first two paragraphs of page 57). But regarding the migration of Australoid/Negrito/Mongoloids, I think it refers to Borneo, where these people first started their settlements at Niah, Sarawak and migrated to other parts of Borneo including Sabah. Based on my limited knowledge of Sabah prehistory, you may also include the discovery of Mansuli valley and from another source at Bukti Kebudayaan Paleolitik di Lahad Datu, Sabah which dates back the prehistoric Sabah to 235,000 years. Another one is Bukit Tengkotak, famous for being the largest pottery-making site during Neolithic South East Asia and its evidence of contact with nearby prehistoric sites. Source: The prehistory of Bukit Tengkorak, Sabah, Malaysia and Bukit Tengkorak Archaeological Sites, Semporna. Good luck! Cerevisae (talk) 16:39, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!!! That's a very much help!! I will starting it as soon with your help. But not before I'm settling an issues involving the so-called mighty Sultanate of Sulu. Molecule Extraction (talk) 16:47, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Now I am ready, you are invited to edit my sandbox here to help. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 15:32, 25 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I'm currently working the article on another sandbox (as the main sandbox is large in size so I move into another to carefully rewording and looking into its sources). May I know is this Agop Batu Tulug Caves article could be related to the Prehistory of Sabah? As looking on its age is really old especially with the coffin which been said by the locals there could be related with China and Indochina. Can you help to finding more resources on Sabah prehistory relations with China? I'm already collecting a number of resources during my past absent for the history part but my knowledge on the prehistory is still limited. I would be glad if you can help me more on this section. Thank you. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 04:56, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
The article is done now and waiting for a review. I see you are going to retired now? Anyway, if you just messaging me on social media. I want to say sorry because I can't read all those messages as I have forgetting the account password. :( But thanks for all your help in this project. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 04:50, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Just remembering the password back, I have reply your message there. Thanks! See you soon when you have a time to contributing back here. :) Molecule Extraction (talk) 08:49, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This week's article for improvement (week 14, 2016)[edit]

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DYK nomination of Bintulu[edit]

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Sarawak GA tips[edit]

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Sorry, Herman Jaka, I got no mail from you. Cerevisae (talk) 08:03, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Re-sent. Herman Jaka (talk) 08:12, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Herman Jaka, still no mail from you. However, I have sent a Wiki email to you. You may send email to me manually. Cerevisae (talk) 08:18, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Bintulu[edit]

On 10 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Bintulu, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that according to one theory, Bintulu got its name from the gathering of severed heads from the headhunting activities in Sarawak, Borneo? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Bintulu. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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This week's article for improvement (week 15, 2016)[edit]

Various foods in a delicatessen in Rome, Italy
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This week's article for improvement (week 16, 2016)[edit]

Debt is the amount of money that is owed or due.
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This week's article for improvement (week 17, 2016)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 18, 2016)[edit]

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This week's article for improvement (week 19, 2016)[edit]

Gustaf Skarsgård
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Gustaf Skarsgård
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This week's article for improvement (week 20, 2016)[edit]

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Good morning Cerevisae. If you have any free time, can you draw two population graph from the 1960s or 1970s for the population in Sabah and Sarawak (just like the example above). Your help is really appreciated. Molecule Extraction (talk) 01:46, 13 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Sarawak information details[edit]

I was just wondering if you have collected the information you are removing from the Sarawak article anywhere. Despite being part of FA criteria, WP:SUMMARYSTYLE does fall apart a bit when there's no subarticles to put stuff in! When I removed History I shifted the details to History of Malaysia in lieu of somewhere else. History of Malaysia is already too long itself mind you, but hey, it's not under concerted FA effort. Other detail could similarly perhaps fit into other Malaysia subarticles. I suppose in the long run creating a series of Sarawak articles would be optimal (ethnic groups in particular would be a great one to have), but that's also the path of the most work! If you're not collecting them, they're still in the history, so they're not lost, I'm just asking if they're somewhere more structured. Best, CMD (talk) 13:35, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, CMD, thanks for your concern. I just created the History of Sarawak article. It should help. The info that I had removed from the rest of the article are statistics, terms that are too techincal, and excessive examples that I think would dampen the readers' interest in reading the article. So, I don't keep a copy of the info that I removed. Otherwise, no other important info has been removed from the article. You can now include the Sarawak info from the "History of Malaysia" into "History of Sarawak" so that the "History of Malaysia" article wont get too long. Regards. Cerevisae (talk) 22:49, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The readable prose size of "Sarawak" is now 56k. Cerevisae (talk) 22:56, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with the removal of technical details from the overview Sarawak page, but sometimes someone looking for a very specific article wants very specific details! I'm afraid History of Malaysia has a few more problems than length, but it's good to get the subarticles going. Thanks for the information!
I am keeping an eye on the Sarawak discussions. I am pretty sure that once the PR is finished and you renominate for FAC I would support. Very good article. Best, CMD (talk) 23:02, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. :-) Cerevisae (talk) 23:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Books and Bytes - Issue 20[edit]

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Sarawak copy edit[edit]

Hello. As part of my ongoing copy edit, I'm also checking the sources as I come to them to see if there is extra material that I can use. On coming up to the statement concerning the establishment of the British protectorate, I've noted that the source does not explicitly state that Sarawak was signed to the British Government as a protectorate. I've done some searching and many websites do indicate that the year that Sarawak became a protectorate was indeed 1888, so I'm not refuting that point, merely that the source used does not explicitly state this. The same source is also used in the Kingdom of Sarawak article for the same statement. Copyeditors aren't tasked with rooting out sources, our task is to help in the rewording of the text when requested to, so I'm afraid I'll have to leave that in your hands. What I will do is remove the source and add a citation needed tag. Regards Blackmane (talk) 02:00, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I have added another source. Thanks for pointing that out。 :-) Cerevisae (talk) 17:22, 6 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Sarawak Updates[edit]

I'll post copies of this to Mr Cervaise, Mr Sarastro and Mr CasLiber.

Just noticed that ANI thread about yesterday's edit warring on the Sarawak FAC page. What a ridiculous waste of time! The guy who closed the thread displayed rare intelligence in noting: "If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. And if you care more about rules than about encyclopedia-building, go find another website"

Today I picked out the following paragraph:

Tourism plays a major role in the economy of the state, contributing 9.3% of the state's GDP in 2015. Foreign visitors to Sarawak are predominantly from Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and China. A number of different organisations, both state and private, are involved in the promotion of tourism in Sarawak: the Sarawak Tourism Board is the state body responsible for tourism promotion in the state, various private tourism groups are united under the Sarawak Tourism Federation, and the Sarawak Convention Bureau is responsible for attracting conventions, conferences, and corporate events which are held in the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching. The public and private bodies in Sarawak hold a biannual event to award the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Award, an award for achievements within various categories, to recognise businesses and individuals for their efforts in the development of tourism within the state

I've re-written it thus:

Tourism plays a major role in the economy of the state, contributing 9.3% of the state's GDP in 2015. In the same year the top five countries for foreign visitors were Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and China. Different organisations, both state and private, are involved in the promotion of tourism: the Sarawak Tourism Board; the Sarawak Tourism Federation, a collection of private tourism groups; and the Sarawak Convention Bureau, a body responsible for promoting MICE tourism, the venue for which is the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching. The public and private bodies hold a biannual event to award the Sarawak Hornbill Tourism Award, an award for achievements within various categories, to recognise businesses and individuals for their efforts in the development of tourism in Sarawak.

Points to note:

1. You repeat "Sarawak" way too often. You don't need to. We all know what you're talking about.
2. You tell us that: "Foreign visitors to Sarawak are predominantly from Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, and China". This isn't true, nor does your source, the Borneo Post, support the claim. The correct source is Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak: Visitor Arrivals into Sarawak 2015. Take a look at the figures and you'll see the word "predominantly" is incorrect: in 2015 China was only slightly ahead of Thailand, India and the UK. See how I've re-jigged your sentence.
3. See too how I'm replacing your newspaper sources with government ones: when you discuss official stuff it's usually best to use official sources. It makes you look more cleverer and more betterer.
4. You have: "the Sarawak Convention Bureau is responsible for attracting conventions, conferences, and corporate events". I've replaced this with MICE tourism, where MICE is an acronym that represents: Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events. Check to see if MICE tourism is wiki-linked.

To be frank, it seems that just about every source I check is wrong. There's an obvious conclusion to be drawn from this, but it's not up to me to make it.

And that's it for today. Doubtless some shit-faced moderator will now come along and ban me, but I'm happy to help. If you're interested, I live just above the Malaysian border, not far from Penang. Stay cool. AuricGoldfinger (talk) 12:35, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks AuricGoldfinger, greatly appreciated. I don't know how the references got jumbled up after some time. Hopefully, you can cooperate and divide the source checking job with Mike Christie so that it can finish faster. Thank you.Cerevisae (talk) 12:49, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you should ask the moderator, Sarastro1. AuricGoldfinger (talk) 14:41, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
AuricGoldfinger, I give up already. You don't have to help me out in this article. However, if you want, you can improve on this article by yourself and all the FA credit will go to you. Thanks. Cerevisae (talk) 13:44, 28 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]